Erie police investigating Wednesday night robbery

Erie police are searching for a man on a child's bike who robbed another man at knife point on the city's east side on Wednesday night.

Police said the robbery happened at about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 2600 block of Pear Street. A 54-year-old man told police he was riding his bicycle when a man riding a child's bike came up to him, pulled out a large kitchen knife, threatened to kill the man and demanded the man's wallet. The man gave the robber his wallet and the robber rode away, police said.

The victim was struck in the face during the robbery, according to investigators.

The robber was described as a black male who was about 19 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 130 pounds. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants.